Fools for gold

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WHEN shares are worth less than the paper they are written on and uncertainty is all around, gold is and always has been a great comforter. Why worry about whether your tracker fund companies will ever produce any dividends when you can choose the solid reassurance of a small gold ingot or a bag of krugerrands?

Bullion specialists report more demand for gold and the price has risen to about $345 an ounce, against $270 a year ago. With new confidence in the metal, is it time to buy gold jewellery or gold boxes?